
Chapter 3: AVoption|XL Hardware Overview
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chapter 3
AVoption|XL Hardware Overview
AVoption XL consists of two hardware
components: a Meridien Digital Media
Board that installs in a PCI slot in your
computer, and a Meridien I/O Box that
connects to the card in your computer. A
Video I/O Board, installed in the Meridien
I/O Box, provides video inputs and outputs
from your computer to the rest of your
video equipment.
AVoption XL Hardware
Capabilities
AVoption XL hardware does the following:
• Receives composite, component,
S-video, or (optional) SDI video signal
• Digitizes incoming video
• Compresses digitized video using ad-
vanced JFIF compression
• Outputs composite, component,
S-video, and (optional) SDI video signals
• Captures and plays back uncompressed
video
JFIF Video Compression
The Meridien board captures and plays
back video media in JPEG File Interchange
Format (JFIF). JFIF compression levels pro-
vide variable levels of compression for your
video project, depending on the recording
input selected, except for 1:1, which is un-
compressed. The available JFIF resolutions
are:
• Single field – 15:1s, 4:1s, 2:1s
• Two fields – 20:1, 10:1, 3:1, 2:1, 1:1 (un-
compressed)
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Higher JFIF compression ratios require less
storage space but provide lower video resolu-
tion than lower compression ratios.
The lowest JFIF resolution is 15:1s, and the
maximum resolution, 1:1, is uncom-
pressed.
JFIF Compression and Storage
JFIF compression is variable. This means
that JFIF compression levels vary slightly,
depending on the video input selected.
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1:1 (uncompressed) video storage levels
are not approximate. The amount of data re-
quired to store 1:1 video is always the same,
regardless of the video input used.
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